# Texas Governor Abbott has the secret to stopping all rape and has decided to let it continue **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309 "2021-09-08T12:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/21 "2021-09-08T18:06:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I’m assuming that Abbott is simply going to remove rape from the criminal statutes, therefore eliminating the crime of rape. If you are not arresting anyone for rape, or prosecuting anyone for rape, then obviously rape has been stopped! What’s the need for a law? If some upstanding white young gentleman has sex a girl without her consent, why call it a rape and ruin his future political career? And if some colored boy has sex with a white girl, why get the police and courts involved? We got a rope right here. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/22 "2021-09-08T18:27:56Z")
I was debating (ok, arguing) with someone on facebook about this and he said his daughters would never be raped because he taught them not to get raped. So that is all you need to do, teach women not to get raped. Problem solved 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/23 "2021-09-08T18:38:14Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > And yes, I know that calling someone a “cripple” is seriously disrespectful. In this case, disrespect is intended and deliberate. ISTM that the problem with this reasoning is the same as with all slurs involving characteristics like race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability and so forth. By using a slur that conveys contempt for an entire class of people to insult one individual, you’re unintentionally also insulting all the other people that the slur applies to. And suggesting that Abbott’s misogynistic authoritarianism is somehow caused by his physical disability, rather than simply by his being a dictatorial asshole, seems like… more of the same. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/24 "2021-09-08T18:42:10Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > So that is all you need to do, teach women not to get raped. Maybe that’s Abbott’s plan – add “how not to be raped” to the sex ed programs in Texas. I don’t know why those liberal snowflake states didn’t think of that - probably too woke to exclude rapists! RLM! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/25 "2021-09-08T18:56:12Z")
I wonder how he can predict who will be a rapist. I can guess, however. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/26 "2021-09-08T19:00:13Z")
@Little_Nemo probably nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/27 "2021-09-08T19:07:40Z")
Something less remarked upon here is how Abbott framed his response – he said that, “Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets.” Twice referencing rapists as being “on the streets” is not accidental. It’s meant to subtly reinforce an image of rape as a street crime committed by (likely black or brown) gang members against unsuspecting strangers. Whereas the majority of rapes are acquaintance rapes committed by a victim’s partner, friend, family member or classmate. I wonder if Abbott will be just as zealous pursuing the Brett Kavanaughs and Brock Turners of the world as Houston gangbangers. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/28 "2021-09-08T19:14:38Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I wonder if Abbott will be just as zealous pursuing the Brett Kavanaughs and Brock Turners of the world as Houston gangbangers. I’m gonna guess no. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/29 "2021-09-08T19:18:39Z")
Taking a cue from their Taliban role models, ‘rape’ is the woman’s fault and should be the ones punished for their loose morals. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/30 "2021-09-08T19:20:38Z")
Not to get too serious in a Pit thread, but has Abbott or anyone else come out with some explanation for that bullshit he spouted? Something like, “he really meant…” or whatever? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/31 "2021-09-08T19:36:26Z")
If he had a legitimate explanation to offer, it wouldn’t sound like so much bullshit. It was an inept and transparent attempt to change the subject, nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/32 "2021-09-08T21:00:10Z")
It’s a shame that oak tree didn’t have better aim. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/33 "2021-09-08T23:01:25Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > Taking a cue from their Taliban role models, ‘rape’ is the woman’s fault and should be the ones punished for their loose morals. Problem solved. BINGO! This is the winning answer! Greg will eliminate rape by declaring that there is no such thing. Clearly, the woman was asking for it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/34 "2021-09-08T23:17:27Z")
If Abbott can wave his (doubtless, microscopic, flaccid, and useless) magic wand and eliminate rape entirely, then why shouldn’t we assume that he can do the same thing with every form of violent crime ? And ~~if~~ since he **can** eliminate all forms of violent crime, then how many Texans really need a firearm, anyway ? Hm. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/35 "2021-09-08T23:23:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Greg will eliminate rape by declaring that there is no such thing. Clearly, the woman was asking for it. When women are only allowed outside their own home in the accompaniment of a close male relative, and even then only when attired in a full-length burqa, clearly there will be no raping in the streets. (It’s only rape when done outdoors in the streets, right? Abbott said so.) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/36 "2021-09-08T23:28:18Z")
This is all starting to make sense. Was the TX Governor born **[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad)**? ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/37 "2021-09-08T23:38:57Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I’m assuming that Abbott is simply going to remove rape from the criminal statutes, therefore eliminating the crime of rape. If you are not arresting anyone for rape, or prosecuting anyone for rape, then obviously rape has been stopped! Since there will be no more rapes, they can get rid of the backlog of rape kits! Two birds, one stone. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/38 "2021-09-09T00:44:28Z")
The whole “pregnancy due to rape” brouhaha is just a ploy to keep the lib’ruls tied up in knots while Abbott and his crew tend to other matters (such as delegitimizing transgenders). After all, everyone knows a woman can’t get pregnant from a genuine rape, since the Holy Ghost will protect her; so any woman trying to get an abortion because of “rape” is obviously a loose-moraled liar. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/39 "2021-09-09T02:52:58Z")
Maybe Abbott is just relying on the wisdom of a respected judge? > **[U.S. judge says victims' bodies can prevent rape](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/13/judge-women-rape-victims/1768673/)** > > Judge also held the view that a victim must resist to be a real victim of sexual assault. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309/40 "2021-09-09T04:43:26Z")
We also remember learning from Renowned Sex Educator Todd Akin that after a “legitimate rape”, women have a way of “shutting that whole thing down”. This is from August 2012, so it’s Well Established Science by now: > **[GOP Senate Candidate: Victims Of 'Legitimate Rape' Rarely Get Pregnant](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/todd-akin-abortion-legitimate-rape_n_1807381)** > > GOP Senate Candidate: Victims Of 'Legitimate Rape' Rarely Get Pregnant > [@](#): > > “From what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” said Akin said of pregnancy caused by rape. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. … " [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-abbott-has-the-secret-to-stopping-all-rape-and-has-decided-to-let-it-continue/950309.md?page=3)